The Information Center for Acquired Deafblindness

The Information Center for Acquired Deafblindness (Videnscentret for Døvblindblevne) was founded in 1993 with the purpose of collecting, developing and disseminating knowledge on acquired deafblindness in order for professionals to have as high a level of knowledge as possible when working with people with an acquired dual sensory impairment. The Center's primary target groups are professionals at all levels and in all sectors of the Danish society working with people with a dual sensory impairment.

In this English section of our website we provide some basic information about the Center and our activities. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact us.

Ilene Miner's and the Information Center's paper "Deafblind people and self-identity" available for download

This paper is the result of a comparative interview survey in Denmark and USA on issues like deafblind people's own perception of identity and the role that the surrounding system and contact to other deafblind people play in this perception.

Click here to download as pdf (22 pages).

Frontpage of paper on self-identity with a large black and white picture of a fingerprint

Lena Göransson's excellent book "Deafblindness in a Life Perspective" also available in English.

Lena Göransson of the deafblind team in Skåne, Sweden has written a great book on acquired deafblindness in different stages of life.

Click here to download as pdf.

Cover of the book Deafblindness in a Life Perspective